Job 19:29 - Exposition

Be ye afraid of the sword ; i.e. "the sword of God's justice, which will assuredly smite you if you persecute an innocent man. " For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword ; rather, for wrath is among the transgressions of the sward ; i e. among the transgressions for which the sword is the fit punishment. It is "wrath" which leads Job's "comforters" to Persecute him. That ye may know there is a judgment; or, so that ye will know there is a judgment ' When the blow comes upon them they will recognize that it has come upon them on account of their ill treatment of their friend.